Cartridge-loader



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A. S. GIBSON.

. CARTRIDGE LOADER.

No. 385,611. Patented July 3, 1888.

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CARTRIDGE LOADER.

. No. 885,811. Patented July 8, 1888.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ALFRED S. GIBSON, OF ALMA, MICHIGAN.

CARTRlDGEnLOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,611, dated July 3, 1888.

Application fled January 20, 1888. Serial No. 261,816. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom, it :nca/ 2,1 concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED S. GIBSON, of Alma, in the county ol'vGratiot and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in GartridgeLoaders, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention consists in an improved cartridge-loader, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective of the loader. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the bottom of the loader. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail on the line Y Y Y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the loader, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section through Fig. 4.

A represents the body of the loaderdiaving a central bore, the lower end of which (shown at NV) is made to receive the cartridge to be loaded, having at its upper end ashoulderand tapering portion for the usual purpose of compressing the wad before entering the cartridge. The upper end of the loader is slotted, as shown at B.

s represents a bracket projecting from the lower part of the loader, and having in it a thumbscrew, f; and X represents another bracket secured to and projecting from the front of the loader, and by means of these two brackets and the thuinbscrew the loader can be clamped to a table.

D represents a vessel of any suitable size or shape for containing powder, secured to one side of the loader and having an opening in its bottom.

E represents a plate having a hole therethrough and fastened on the sliding rod H, which runs in guides r in such manner that said plate E can be moved backward or forward, so that in the position shown in Fig. l a hole through said plate will register with the opening in the bottom of the vessel D, so that said plate will close the openingin the bottom of the vessel D when moved by moving rod H. A spiral spring on said rod H tends to keep the openingin the plate Econstantly under the opening in the bottoni of the vessel D.

I represents a powder-charger,consisting of a hollow cylinder of the capacity desired, the upper end of which is secured to the under side of said plate E, and the lower end of said charger I rests and slides on a plate, K, se-

cured to and projecting from the side of the loader. The plate K has a hole therethrough, and l'rom this hole a tube, M, leads through the side of the loader and discharges into the central bore thereof at. point T, just above the cartridge-chamber XV.

It is evident that when there is powder in the vessel D it will pass through the opening in the bottom of said vessel and lill the charger I, and that when the rod I'I is moved l'ar enough the contents ofthe charger I will he discharged through tube Minto a shell placed in chamber WV, and that on releasing rod Hit will be forced back by the spiral spring, and chargerI will bc returned in position to be again filled with powder from vessel D.

G represents a vessel similar to D t0 contain shot, provided with a sliding plate, F, rod G, charger J, plate L, and tube N, opening into the central bore at U iike the corresponding parts, E, I, H, K,and M, connected with vessel D, and operating in the same manner, to cut a prescribed load of shot into the cartridge.

Q represents a rammer adapted to play in the bore of the loader, and pivoted at S to a lever, R, which is pivoted at It to a bracket, fi, secured to and projecting from the loader,and the object of this rammer is to force wads down into a cartridge placed in the chamber XV. The bracket X has a slot, q, therein, which communicates with the bore of thc loader above the points UT. Through the upper part of the bracket X near the loader is a hole, g, which communicates with the slot q, and also a slot, p.

f represents a slide adapted to playin t-he slot q, and having an upward]y-projccting lug, e, which plays in the slot p.

a represents an arm secured to the end of the lever It and projecting downward from said lever, its lower end being connected with the lng c, as by a link, as shown in Fig. l. The hole g is made large enough to receive a wad, and when a wad is dropped into the hole g it rests on the bottom of the slot (Land when the handle of the lever R is raised the arm a moves the slides f and pushes the wad into the bore of theloadcr in position to be forced down into the shell by rammer Q.

By constructing the bracket X and its slide as described the wad lies loosely upon the bot- IOO tom, and is pushed forward by the slide, and consequently is not liable to get wedged and to stick, as where a circular cup or recess is` made to receive it. Furthermore, it is more easily removed, if necessary from any cause. The slide itself is also steadier in its movement when inelosed within the bracket, and las its lng c braced and guided by the slot in the bracket.

O represents an angle-iron secured to the: side of the loader and projecting under the bottom, and P represents a plate having a hole, V, therethrough, to prevent pressure on the cap of the cartridge while ramming the wad home, and is pivoted to the bottom ofthe loader at a, so that when a cartridge is placed in the chamber "W the plate P can be swung around under the cartridge, its free end being supported by the angle-iron C=,and can be swung back to remove the loaded cartridge.

d represents an extractor substantially like those used in breech-loading guns,whose stem passes through a guide, c, attached to the loader, and which may be used to extract a loaded cartridge.

The operation of the device is obvious.

11What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of the body A, having a cartridge-receiving bore, the laterally-projecting bracket X, having the longitudinal slotp and wad-receiving oriiice g, the slide f', arranged within the bracket, and having the lug c projecting upward through the slot in the bracket, the ramnier Q, and the lever R, having a pendent arm, a, pivotally connected with the lug on the slide, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the body A, having a cartridge-receiving bore, the lateral plates K and L, having orifices, the tubes M and N, leading from said oriees into the bore, the shot and powder vessels C and D, the horizontallysliding plates Eand F, located under the shot and powder vessels, and having orifices provided with pendent tubular chargers I and J,

moving above the lateral plates, a Wadslide,

j", a rammer,Q, and the pivoted lever R, having an arm, a, connected with the Wad-slide, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the body A, having a cartridge-receiving bore and lateral powder and shot entrances T and U, the latera plates K and L, having orifices, and tubes M and N,

conncctingtheir orifices said powder and shot entrances, the shot and powder vessels C D on the body, the spring slide-plates E and F under said vessels, having chargers I J, movable above thelateralplates, the lateralbracket X, having` the slotp and wad-receiving oritce g, the wad-slidef, located within the bracket, and having the lug e projecting up through the slot, the raxnmer Q, and the pivoted lever It, having the arm n, to act on the lug of the wad-slide, substantially as described.

4.*The combination, with the body A ot' a cartridge-loader, having a central bore and a cartridge-receiving chamber, W, at its lower end,of the swinging plate P,pivotcd directly to the lower end ofthe said body at the lower end ofthe cartridge-chamber, and having the oritice V,and the angle-iron O, secured to the body A, and serving as a guide and brace to the swinging plate P, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the body A of a cartridge-loadenhaving a boreand a cartridgereceiving chamber, W, at its lower end, ot' a cz-utridge-extraetor, d, carried by the body and movable outward from the lower end thereof to remove the charged cartridge, substantially as described.

6. The combinatiomwith the body A, having a central bore and lateral powder and shot inlet oriticcs,ofthe horizontal brack et X,eontai ning the slot q, communicating with the bore of the body and provided in its top side with the slot p and wad-receiving oriliceg, the wad -slide j ,located Within the bracket, and having a lug, e, projecting outward through thetop slot` of the bracket, the raminer Q,and the pivoted lever R, having a pendent arm, n, acting upon the lug ofthe wad-slide, to advance the latter and move the wad into the central bore of the body, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the body A of a cartridge-loader, having a bore and a cartridgereceiving chamber, XV, atthe lower end thereof, of the plate P, pivoted directly to the lower end of the body and having the orifice V, and the angle-iron O, secured to the body and eX- tending under the same beneath the pivoted plate to sustain the latter, substantially as described.

' ALFRED S. GIBSON.

Vitnesses:

(l1-ras. Davrs, WM. S. TURoK.

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